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Air India has doubled its number of services from Birmingham International Airport.

The airline will now be operating six weekly flights to Amritsar/Delhi and six per week to Toronto.

Madhav Lokur, Air India regional manager, said: 'The response in the Midlands has been overwhelming.

'Since June 2005, we have carried over 24,000 passengers between Birmingham and India, and nearly 10,000 between Birmingham and Toronto.'

The decision to increase flights came after local pressure.

Councillor Mike Whitby, leader of Birmingham City Council, recently wrote to the Indian aviation minister on behalf of the Midlands' Asian community to encourage more flights between Birmingham and India.

He said: 'The key to a thriving city is having a successful airport which provides excellent air transport links throughout the world.

'Birmingham Airport has a bright future, particularly if airlines, like Air India, continue to show confidence in the region and take advantage of emerging global markets to enhance the citys presence on an international stage.'

Passenger figures for the airport show that in February 598,583 passengers flew from the UK's second city, a rise of five per cent.




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